No sleep
Subtitle: NYC nightlife flyers 1988-1999
By: [edited and compiled by] Adrian Bartos AKA DJ Stretch Armstrong, Evan Auerbach
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781576878088
Subjects: American Posters; Nightclubs; Advertising fliers; Nightlife
Description: "No Sleep is a visual history of the halcyon days of New York City club life as told through flyer art. Spanning the late 80s through the late 90s, when nightlife buzz travelled via flyers and word of mouth, No Sleep features a collection of artwork from the personal archives of NYC DJs, promoters, club kids, nightlife impresarios, and the designers themselves. Club flyers, by design, were ephemeral objects distributed on street corners, outside of nightclubs and concert halls, in barbershops and retail shops, and were not intended to be preserved for posterity. Through the 90s, they became both increasingly prevalent and more sophisticated as printing technology evolved. Overnight, however, with the advent of the internet, the flyer essentially disappeared, despite it being common at one time for promoters to print thousands of flyers for any given event. Recently, these flyers have begun to become sought-after collectors items"--Dust jacket.